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  • Document Life

    I have a reason for any type of photo I want to take. I’m documenting the life around me. That include photos with a negative stigma attached. A lot of street photographers have all sorts of rules about what they photograph. My only rule is there are none. Why limit yourself. Your ethical posturing only Read more

  • The Effects of COVID

    The repercussions from mask mandates are still going strong here in LA. I saw a person wearing a mask while riding a bike on the beach path. This guy is never within 10 ft of anyone, zooming by people on the bike. I still see people wearing masks inside their car with the windows rolled Read more

  • Hard Work and Talent

    “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” This quote best applies to sports but how about it’s relation to street photography? Street photos can be a numbers game. Right place at right time. Get out there and shoot and it will eventually happen for you. The talented photographers, the ones that get it Read more

  • Americans Should Be More Like The Japanese

    Recently, YouTuber idiot Johnny Somali went viral for yelling Hiroshima and Nagasaki at people on a train in Tokyo. The countries backlash was appropriate as he was arrested and threatened by multiple citizens for his insensitive remarks. I’ve never been to Japan but I’ve heard people there are very polite and value respect in society. Read more

  • My Workflow

    I wish I could speed this up a bit. This is how it goes. Now that’s a workflow. It’s a lot of steps. It’s doesn’t take as long as it seems though. But I could cut down on time a bit if I could figure out how to bypass Color Efex Pro. But the two Read more

  • On Compositions

    There was a point in my photo journey where it seemed so many of my photos contained a massive chunk of sky. It’s fine occasionally, but too much of anything becomes noticeable. It’s a bit more difficult to avoid this in Santa Monica as I spend a considerable amount of time on or near the Read more